I just got one.Hardware is friggin' gorgeous. Best Android hardware ever.

But after a few years of only Nexus devices, I'm really getting a bad taste in my mouth from HTC Sense and all the T-mo crapware.

This is precisely the reason why I didn't walk out of the AT&T store with one this morning. I'm going to give the root/ROM community some time to work, hopefully they can bring a good software experience to bear against that amazing hardware.

Had the One for a few days now, after trying it and the S4 out side by side in store. The S4 was good, but Touchwiz didn't seem to have any features that would make the transition worthwhile for me. Both phones were quick, much quicker than the Sensation I'm upgrading from. Remaining concern is battery life, which has been satisfactory so far - it lasts through morning to evening use without a charge, though not 24 hours. The phone is just small enough that I can still use it primarily one handed, which is ideal for me. One frustration is that all the external controls are a mirror image of the Sensation's, so that's causing some occasional awkwardness. Managed to get myself on a 12 month contract that makes sense financially, so that's a bonus.

The final straw? Can't drag a contact shortcut onto the bar at the bottom.

Really? That was possible under previous versions of Sense, you just had to create the shortcut on a homescreen first, then drag it to the dock.

Difference is that now the dock can't be edited in normal use - it has to be done from the app drawer, and as there's no way bfor contacts to appear there, contacts can't be added. I've never added contacts to the dock, so didn't know it is an issue, and it was probably a similar thing from HTC. They said a lot of the adjustments made were from data collected - but I have a feeling that would skew towards nontechnical users. I didn't have the data collection enabled on any of my previous devices.

Finally got the email from IT that we're dumping our shitty T-Mobile, Blackberry only policy and I'm up for a new phone. Unfortunately, the only options listed were the GS3 and iPhone 5. I've been looking forward to a modern smartphone for years and the best they will offer is year old models?

Finally got the email from IT that we're dumping our shitty T-Mobile, Blackberry only policy and I'm up for a new phone. Unfortunately, the only options listed were the GS3 and iPhone 5. I've been looking forward to a modern smartphone for years and the best they will offer is year old models?

I wanted an HTC One.

Sour grapes? I mean, the iPhone 5 and GS3 are both great phones still.

Finally got the email from IT that we're dumping our shitty T-Mobile, Blackberry only policy and I'm up for a new phone. Unfortunately, the only options listed were the GS3 and iPhone 5. I've been looking forward to a modern smartphone for years and the best they will offer is year old models?

I wanted an HTC One.

They didn't offer you the new blackberry z10? I can't speak to the os, or blackberries on general, but I have played with a z10, and it has the best software keyboard I've used so far.

Finally got the email from IT that we're dumping our shitty T-Mobile, Blackberry only policy and I'm up for a new phone. Unfortunately, the only options listed were the GS3 and iPhone 5. I've been looking forward to a modern smartphone for years and the best they will offer is year old models?

I wanted an HTC One.

They didn't offer you the new blackberry z10? I can't speak to the os, or blackberries on general, but I have played with a z10, and it has the best software keyboard I've used so far.

After checking on three different stores, I finally managed to get a silver HTC One at Radio Shack. Either Sprint is not stocking that many Ones in CT, or they are selling really well. In any case, some first impressions...

a. Holy crap is the hardware nice. It is by far the prettiest phone I've seen; the SG4 looks like a toy sitting besides it. My boss has an iPhone5 and had a serious case of geek lust after seeing the HTC One.

b. Sense is not too bad, so far. I am coming from the original Evo 4G with its dreadful Sense 2.0 overlay. I'll see how long it lasts. If the rumors of a stock Android version come through, I'll probably remove it.

c. The camera is crazy good on low light. Really impressive. Haven't played much with it yet, but it looks like I won't need my point and shoot anymore.

d. The speakers are surprisingly good.

e. Moving from a 1 Ghz single core Snapdragon from 2010 to the four core monster of the One is crazy.

Just got the hard case for the phone. Don't normally have a case as I find them ugly and unnecessarily bulky, but this one seems decent. Only question is its effect on performance. The One's shell gets warm under use, and the case will likely prevent heat dissipating as much. Hopefully the effect isn't significant. Liking the battery life and performance. I've gotten accustomed to the increased screen size too quickly; I find myself thinking that if it were only a bit bigger, it could be used for note taking/annotation quite well. I can reach all 4 corners with one thumb using it one handed, so I'm probably a slight outlier.

I picked up this phone after many (many) years of being an iPhone user pretty much exclusively. So far so good except for one thing that is driving me nuts: The headphone clicker is insane. I use this all the time and while it may be a stupid reason to ditch a phone I'm getting there.

By default double clicking on the headphone button redials the last number called & skips the track. I just want track skip. After reading this thread: http://forums.androidcentral.com/htc-on ... trols.html I downloaded headphone button control and was able to override that functionality. Not super thrilled about having to download a $2.99 app to do this but oh well.

However, there is still a problem. I jump between BeyondPod and Google Music. The issue is once I have play something in BeyondPod, stop it and start playing Google Music the clicker will not control Google Music. I've tried closing BeyondPod, closing the notification shade player, etc... but it always starts the podcast back up. Is there some way to see what is accepting inputs from the clicker? Has anyone figured out a sane way to control this? On iOS the last app that played media gets the control and that is what I would like. Does this work properly in ASOP?

It's not $50 less than the development version, it costs $20 more. The $650 dev edition is 64GB, it's the 32GB they are talking about.

Dunno why you'd want one though, half the stuff on the phone wont work, and will need to be hacked back in anyway. Might was well just get a dev edition phone and load the ROM of your choice. And you could get it today.

It's not $50 less than the development version, it costs $20 more. The $650 dev edition is 64GB, it's the 32GB they are talking about.

Dunno why you'd want one though, half the stuff on the phone wont work, and will need to be hacked back in anyway. Might was well just get a dev edition phone and load the ROM of your choice. And you could get it today.

Except the dev edition isn't available in Canada, and you don't know that half the stuff won't work. Any reductions in supported features has not been announced yet.

Maybe they'll release the drivers/kernel mods for supporting the special features; who knows. All I know is it works for me; I need something that's unlocked from the get go. It's either this or a N4.

Dunno why you'd want one though, half the stuff on the phone wont work, and will need to be hacked back in anyway.

Sounds to me like most of it is there, and all the hardware is enabled, just software features are missing. Looks to me like at least the ImageSense chip will still be doing its thing, unlike running AOSP/CM on the current One series phones.

It's not $50 less than the development version, it costs $20 more. The $650 dev edition is 64GB, it's the 32GB they are talking about.

Dunno why you'd want one though, half the stuff on the phone wont work, and will need to be hacked back in anyway. Might was well just get a dev edition phone and load the ROM of your choice. And you could get it today.

The worst part is only having 2 hardware buttons for stock Android. It's literally the worst of both worlds! For stock you either need a full complement of buttons, as seen on the S4, or no buttons, as seen on the Nexus devices.

I've had my HTC One for a week now. Overall I like it quite a bit.I don't like Sense, but it doesn't get in the way really. Well not much. I'm hoping once the pure Android version comes out someone will put out a custom ROM based on that.

I briefly tried Cyanogen mod on it because I ran that on my Galaxy S2 for a while. Although it works it's a bit more challenging because it makes the assumption you still have the 4 buttons instead of the 2. So bringing up the settings menu in apps is a bit of a pain in the ass sometimes. I went back to stock.

I did root it mainly because of Titanium Backup, I don't have a lot of reason for root otherwise. But HTC made it really simple to do.

I picked up a GS4 on Saturday, and returned it today for an HTC One. The GS4 was bafflingly laggy, TouchWiz is more horrible than I remember, and the hardware was a creaky, cheap-feeling mess. I have only been playing with the One for a couple hours now, but I love the hell out of it so far.. I might play with different launchers, but right now I have absolutely no desire to root or try other ROMs. Sense takes some getting used to, but it's pretty lightweight and the phone is blazingly fast compared to the GS4 in every regard, particularly UI speed and responsiveness.

I'm due for an upgrade and really am torn between The One and the S4. I've been an S2 user since it hit the U.S., my g/f has an S3, so we're used to TouchWiz. The One however is VERY sexy, I really like the way it looks, my only gripe is with our galaxy phones we can swap in an external battery for those days when I'm working 16 hour shifts and am on the phone a lot. Not having that ability with The One is the only thing preventing me from snagging one.

Turning off most battery draining features how far does the HTC One make it through a day? I typically send and receive 20 to 40 texts a day, take and share a few pics, light web browsing and stream internet radio for an hour or two each day. I suppose i could get one of those external batteries that phones can plug into, but I'd really not want to hassle with that.

The One however is VERY sexy, I really like the way it looks, my only gripe is with our galaxy phones we can swap in an external battery for those days when I'm working 16 hour shifts and am on the phone a lot. Not having that ability with The One is the only thing preventing me from snagging one.

Is there a significant difference between carrying an extra battery and carrying one of those external, portable chargers that plugs into the mUSB port?

I'm due for an upgrade and really am torn between The One and the S4. I've been an S2 user since it hit the U.S., my g/f has an S3, so we're used to TouchWiz. The One however is VERY sexy, I really like the way it looks, my only gripe is with our galaxy phones we can swap in an external battery for those days when I'm working 16 hour shifts and am on the phone a lot. Not having that ability with The One is the only thing preventing me from snagging one.

Turning off most battery draining features how far does the HTC One make it through a day? I typically send and receive 20 to 40 texts a day, take and share a few pics, light web browsing and stream internet radio for an hour or two each day. I suppose i could get one of those external batteries that phones can plug into, but I'd really not want to hassle with that.

Hmm....I think Sunday I might go play with both of them at the store.

With that level of usage the One has no problem making it through the day. It loses 1-5% per hour of battery "idle", depending on how much sync/push you're set up for. Mine lasts through a day with no issues (wifi constantly on, 3 hours of browsing/gaming during commute, some calling, texting, browsing during the day, auto brightness on). The S4 is similar from what friends say - I think the manufacturers have finally realised the importance of full day battery life.

Don;t use Google Now on anything that's not a Maxx or Note if you need battery life.

The One however is VERY sexy, I really like the way it looks, my only gripe is with our galaxy phones we can swap in an external battery for those days when I'm working 16 hour shifts and am on the phone a lot. Not having that ability with The One is the only thing preventing me from snagging one.

Is there a significant difference between carrying an extra battery and carrying one of those external, portable chargers that plugs into the mUSB port?

The significant one that comes to mind is that there's not the need to leave a dangling mass attached to the phone when the first battery runs out.

Right now, the Power screen on my One says 12hrs on battery, 87% battery left. Power saver is off, sleep mode is on. The Usage page shows Internet, Phone Idle, and Bluetooth as my top 3 power users.

It is on WiFi during the day at work. I unplug at night before I go to bed.

What about Google Now? I'm considering the One, but if folks are telling me that I have to turn off a bunch of features/avoid them...

Any service that keeps waking the phone up is going to kill battery life. If you actually use what Now offers, then that loss is worth it.

Maps and Now waking my phone was the single biggest idle drain in the first week. There's an issue with Google's choices when the biggest idle drain is from services I can't make use of when the phone is idle. Normal sync activity is not nearly as bad on battery life and is actually useful. Now's effect on battery life would be much better if it were only active when the screen is on without significantly affecting utility (for the user, not necessarily for Google)

The One however is VERY sexy, I really like the way it looks, my only gripe is with our galaxy phones we can swap in an external battery for those days when I'm working 16 hour shifts and am on the phone a lot. Not having that ability with The One is the only thing preventing me from snagging one.

Is there a significant difference between carrying an extra battery and carrying one of those external, portable chargers that plugs into the mUSB port?

As with what thepropagandist said yeah I'd just swap batteries halfway through the day if i had to instead of having to keep the phone out of my pocket, plugged in charging somewhere.

As for Google Now, I'm not sure what all features that service offers. I don't have it on my S2 so it'd be nothing I'm used to/need to use often. Things like email I have set to just check the servers once an hour, since most my messages aren't time critical(that's what texting is for)

Thanks for the feedback guys, with your recommendations and AT&T's current trade in promotion I can snag a 32gb One for $99 this weekend, so I think that'll seal the deal.

Having owned this phone for a few days now I can chime in and say that the battery life is very excellent compared to my old Samsung Galaxy S2. Even with heavy use re-installing old apps, setting up everything, adding that to all my normal texting, talking, streaming the phone would make it 16 hours of double work shifts and still be at over 65% battery when I'd plug it in before bed(not too shabby at all) I've never used Sense before and I love how much more responsive it is compared to Touchwiz. The included AT&T apps hardly take up any space(as usual as long as you don't click on them...then they want to download) Just bury them in the back somewhere unnoticed.

Had a few iPhone lovers play with the phone and they were almost hooked, one is on the fence and the other can't stand how large phones are getting (to be fair they aren't upgrading their 4 to a 5 because they think the 5 is even too big)

A couple of Google Play Edition ROMs are out on XDA now, has anyone else tried them? My only experience with stock Android is with the Nexus 7, but having it on a phone as nice as the HTC One is awesome.